David Magnasco, the executive chef at the Milwaukee Club, is planning an event space at 500 S. 3rd St. called the Chef's Table that also will be open to the public once a month for multicourse dinners.

The 100-year-old brick building will house the restaurant on the first floor, and the second floor will be home to Magnasco and his wife, Julia, executive director of First Stage children's theater, and their 3-year-old daughter, Maddalena. | April 29, 2013»Read Full Blog Post(2)

A brush with Elizabeth Taylor helped steer the former child actor away from film, and he chose a career path that led to his becoming professor and chairman of the Department of Neurology at the Medical College of Wisconsin in 2011. | Dec. 4, 2013»Read Full Article(8)

"When the Madison Onion closed down last year, the editors there ran a piece that called for a city riot," said Matt Wild, city editor since 2011 for the Onion and its local arts and entertainment section and website A.V. Club Milwaukee. "I will be making a special request of the city that hopefully will not be quite as illegal." | Dec. 4, 2013»Read Full Article(26)

In "The Lucid Eye in Silver Town," Jay August looks back on a day trip he made at age 13 with his father Martin from small-town Pennsylvania to New York City. Before I delve into the story, I have to ask: Couldn't many different Updike stories be called "The Lucid Eye" in, on or around something else? | Dec. 4, 2013»Read Full Blog Post

You have to wonder how this one would play beyond state lines. Come and be in the know by the nature of where you're located at "A Cudahy Caroler Christmas," a theater production that has a bit of fun with Milwaukee south siders. The musical show includes numbers such as "O Little Town of Cudahy" to the tune of "O Little Town of Bethlehem" and "We T'ree Guys" for "We Three Kings."